Visit with Santa

This year's visit to Santa went much better than last as you can see from the picture above! We love this Santa and I could not believe how much the kids had grown up looking at the comparison from 2011 to 2012.
Kate was still nervous, but Wright's excitement was contagious. They both enjoyed telling Santa what they wanted this year. They both want a trampoline, Wright wants a fishing rod and Kate asked for another baby. We will see if they have been good enough all year!

A Baby Brother!

We are so excited that we will be having another baby boy this spring!

Kate and Wright are so excited and will be such a great big brother and sister!

We were able to find out as a family thanks to our good friend, "Aunt Claire" decorating our box and filling it with balloons. It was so much fun to find out this way!!

Thanksgiving in the Mountains

We had a great time with family in the mountains this Thanksgiving! We all have so much to be thankful for this year.  The cousins played so well together! We had a fun hayride, roasted marshmallows, played fun games and laughed a lot!

Kate with new baby cousin, Leila

 All the Dinkins Grands

Grannie with Camden and Kate at the waterfall

Wright loved sitting on Grandaddy's tractor with him

Camden and Wright 

Happy 3rd Birthday Kate & Wright

Kate and Wright had a great 3rd birthday!  We did a paper chain countdown to the big day and they loved taking off the days until their special day.

 We took treats to the kids school and celebrated with their friends! 

We had a small party at the house with cupcakes before going to see Disney on Ice! Aunt Joanne and cousins along with Wewe and Papa came to visit and we had a fun filled birthday weekend!

Happy Birthday!!

 All the kids excited to go to Disney on Ice

 Wright loves playing with his recycling truck and his big tractor!

 Kate loves her new baby dolls and her play makeup!

We also started a new tradition of asking the kids questions about what they like. We will ask them each year and see how the answers change! I am putting in a scrapbook album with a picture each year. 

Love ideas from Pinterest!!

Also, just as Wright said he started using the potty on his 3rd birthday. He kept telling us that when he was three he would be big enough and he would go. He has done great! It is so nice to have them both potty trained!

Halloween

 Annie and Leo had so much fun trick or treating! They didn't want to stop, we went to so many houses!

After Wright received candy he would loudly say, "Happy Halloween, Let's go to the next house!"

 This is one of their favorite shows. Annie and Leo are brother and sister on the show.

Fun friends in the neighborhood all dressed up!

We went around with our friends Grace and Lily

Wright and Kate's ghost handprints